The Party's Over
Reflections on Life's Last Dance
Lyrics
Old dirty floors and old smoky barrooms
Reflecting on worn-out floors and smoky barrooms.
There's someone on stage
There's a performer on stage.
Can you please let me in
Asking to be allowed in.
I used to sit there
Recalling a past seat in the venue.
When I was a young man
Reflecting on youth when sitting there.
It'll be real good just to see you again
Expressing anticipation and joy in meeting again.
Horses and forces beyond my horizon
Referencing powerful and uncontrollable influences.
They push the world right on by
These forces move the world forward.
Yeah the party's over
Acknowledging the end of a celebration or event.
and I can't believe it
Expressing disbelief about the conclusion.
It's time to say goodbye
Recognizing it's time to bid farewell.
I mounted a pony
Describing riding a pony with swinging curtains.
The curtains were swinging
Depicting a scene with dynamic movement.
I once was a writer of disparate means
Formerly identified as a writer with diverse experiences.
The landlord is smoking a butt in the hallway
Observing a landlord smoking in the hallway.
My instincts get duller the more that I drink
Noting the diminishing sharpness of instincts due to drinking.
Hi-ye hi-yo the hands are all singing
Describing a chorus of hands singing with enthusiasm.
The ominous weight of it all
Feeling the weight of a significant and ominous moment.
Yeah the party's over
Reiterating the end of the celebration, possibly in disbelief or regret.
and I must be dreaming
Suspecting that the current situation is a dream.
I went right over the wall
Having crossed a metaphorical wall or barrier.
I'll get us a taxi or an old wooden sailboat
Planning to secure transportation, either a taxi or a sailboat.
Inside it's pouring but outside it's fine
Contrasting the weather inside and outside.
The sweet breath of chicory in your light prairie garden
Evoking the scent of chicory in a prairie garden.
We were drunk on each other and Croatian wine
Recalling a state of intoxication with each other and Croatian wine.
The music remembers intelligent forces
Attributing intelligence to the forces remembered by music.
The wet city sidewalk in June
Painting a picture of a wet city sidewalk in June.
Yeah the party's over
Repeating the acknowledgment of the end of the party.
And I'm left here thinking
Left in contemplation, thinking of dogs, moonlight, and someone special.
Of the dogs and the moonlight and you
Continuing to reflect on dogs, moonlight, and a specific person.
Yeah I'm left here thinking
Reiterating the contemplation of dogs, moonlight, and a significant person.
Of the dogs and the moonlight and you
Concluding the song with a persistent reflection on specific memories.
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